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CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR TOMORROW, AND NOW WE'RE HERE FOR OUR CEREMONIALS.
WE HAVE THREE CEREMONIAL ITEMS FOR TODAY.
WE'LL START FIRST WITH SS A P D MEMORIAL DAY.
THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL SS A P D POLICE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY ON FRIDAY, MAY 10TH, 2019 TO HONOR THE 59 MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY SINCE 1961.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS PROCLAIMED MAY 15TH AS PEACE OFFICER MEMORIAL DAY AND THE WEEK IN WHICH IT, IT FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK.
SO CHIEF MCMANUS AND YOUR TEAM ARE HERE.
LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN WE'LL ASK YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS, CHIEF, WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS DESIGNATED MAY 12TH THROUGH 18TH, 2019 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15TH, 2019 AS PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY.
AND WHEREAS POLICE OFFICERS SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES DAILY TO UPHOLD THE LAWS ENACTED BY ITS PEOPLE AND WITHOUT THEIR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, OUR MANY FREEDOMS AS GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS COULD BE CIRCUMVENTED BY PERSONS INTENDING ON HARMING SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE NECESSITY OF COOPERATING WITH THEM AND MAINTAINING LAW AND ORDER.
AND WHEREAS AN ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON MAY 10TH, 2019 TO HONOR THE 59 MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO THROUGH THEIR COURAGEOUS DEEDS, HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN RECOGNITION THEREOF, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 10TH, 2019 TO BE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, SINCE 1962, POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN MEMORIALIZING THIS WEEK.
AND, AND IT GOES TO REMIND US HOW DANGEROUS THIS JOB OFTEN IS.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE 59 OFFICERS THAT WE LOST IN A LINE OF DUTY IS A STARK REMINDER OF HOW DANGEROUS IT IS.
SO, MAYOR, WE THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS, UH, PROCLAMATION AND, UH, APPRECIATE IT.
YES, AND THANK YOU CHIEF, AND THANK YOU MAYOR.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY LOWS, THOSE FOLKS THAT, THAT PUT THEMSELVES ONLINE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND, UM, I KNOW WE, WE TALKED TO THEM B SESSIONS.
WE GOT 2,400 PLUS OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, 59 ERS.
THAT'S A SMALL SEGMENT OF IT, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S 59 INDIVIDUALS, NUMBER ONE.
BUT 59 FAMILIES, UM, I'M SURE THEY HAVE A LOT OF TIMES SPOUSES, KIDS, UH, AND SO FORTH THAT ARE IMPACTED AND AFFECTED, AND NOBODY GOES OUT THERE EXPECTING, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THIS BAD TO HAPPEN.
BUT WHEN IT DOES IT, IT, IT, IT'S IMPACTFUL.
AND SO WE WANNA, UH, CERTAINLY THANK ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS FOR WHAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UH, BUT TAKING THE TIME TO MEMORIALIZE AND, AND, AND, UH, AND REMEMBER OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY DO AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE NOW, UH, SUFFERING BECAUSE OF, OF LOST ONES.
I THINK IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMETHING HONORABLE TO DO.
I WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE, I WAS A MILITARY POLICEMAN.
SO LIKE YOU, I WORE A BADGE, I CARRIED A GUN, I PROTECTED OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN OUR MILITARY FACILITIES.
UH, AND WHEN I GOT OUT, I HAD A CHOICE.
AND, UH, I MADE A CHOICE TO GO A DIFFERENT WAY.
BUT I REALLY RESPECT THE CHOICES YOU ALL HAVE MADE, UH, TO WEAR THAT BADGE AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, YOU DESERVE THE HIGHEST RESPECT OF EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT.
AND WE JUST THANK YOU AND ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO, UH, EVERY DAY.
AND THE MORE, MORE MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN LINE OF DUTY.
UM, I HAVE, UM, SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE ON THIS COUNCIL, WE KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS, UH, THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT THAT WAS, UH, JUST A REMINDER TO OUR COMMUNITY, HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO EVERY DAY.
UH, AND SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND, UH, I KNOW, UM, IT'S UNUSUAL, UM, TO HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN IN THE SHORT TIME WE'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE ALWAYS REMINDED OF THE OFFICERS, UH, WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES, AND, UM, WE, UH, ARE GRATEFUL.
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CHIEF, UH, AND TO YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS, AND JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND YOUR FAMILY'S COMMITMENT TO THE PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE DAY.UH, I AM REMINDED THAT EVERY TIME WE GO TO WASHINGTON TO TALK ABOUT POLICE ISSUES, THEY DO LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO AS BEING THE GOLD STANDARD OF POLICING NATIONWIDE.
WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HONORABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE EVERY DAY TO MAKE OUR LIVES A BETTER PLACE, BETTER IN OUR CITY, A BETTER PLACE.
ALRIGHT, OUR SECOND CEREMONIAL ITEM TODAY IS FOR JESSE TRINO.
MI AVIDA IS BEING DISPLAYED AS PART OF AN ART EXHIBIT ENTITLED ARTISTS RESPOND, AMERICAN ART IN THE VIETNAM WAR, 1965 TO 1975 AT THE SMITHSONIAN IN WASHINGTON, DC THE EXHIBIT BRINGS TOGETHER NEARLY 100 WORKS BY 58 VISIONARY ARTISTS OF THE PERIOD.
JESSE, ONE OF AMERICA'S PREMIER LATINO ARTISTS, GREW UP IN THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORHOOD CALLED PROSPECT HILL, AND HAS BEEN PAINTING FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.
AVITA IS TREVINO'S FIRST MURAL SIZED WORK, WHICH DEPICTS HIS PAINFUL EXPERIENCES RETURNING HOME FROM SERVING IN THE VIETNAM WAR, WHERE INJURIES FROM A BOMB BLAST EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE AMPUTATION OF HIS RIGHT HAND WITH WHICH HE PAINTS.
I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD JESSE TREVINO TO ACCEPT THE CITATION, WHICH I WILL READ NOW.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HEREBY PRESENTS THIS CITATION TO JESSE TREVINO IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR PAINTING, MI VITA BEING SHOWCASED IN THE ART EXHIBIT.
ARTISTS RESPOND, AMERICAN ART IN THE VIETNAM WAR FROM 1965 TO 1975 AT THE SMITHSONIAN, WASHINGTON DC TO BE CHOSEN AS THE, AS ONE OF THE 58 MOST VISIONARY AND PROVOCATIVE ARTISTS OF THE PERIOD OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBITION.
TO EXAMINE THE CON CONTEMPORARY IMPACT OF THE VIETNAM WAR ON AMERICAN ART IS A TRUE TESTAMENT OF YOUR EXTRAORDINARY TALENT.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON NURENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, PROUDLY EXTEND OUR SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ON THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AND OFFER BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
I, I DIDN'T REALIZE, UH, WHAT IT FELT LIKE COMING HERE TO THESE, UH, CITY CONSTABLE MEETINGS.
UH, I THINK IT, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WONDERFUL.
AND, AND FOR, FOR ME, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE THE, THE EXPERIENCE OF COMING UP HERE AND REPRESENTING THE, THE ARTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND, AND THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ARTS AND, AND THE CITY AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, I I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT, BUT I THINK UNDERSTANDING MORE AND MORE ABOUT, ABOUT THE ARTS AND, AND HOW IT, IT CAN BE SUCH A WONDERFUL THING THAT, UH, FOR OUR, FOR OUR CITY AND, AND, AND THESE ARE MY, A LOT OF THESE ARE MY, MY ROWDY FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE, THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ME FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY MY, MY BEST
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FRIENDS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE JUAN VASQUEZ COMES FROM, FROM WASHINGTON DC IS, UH, IS OUR, OUR FEDERAL JUDGE THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR 40, 40 YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, AND, AND HIS WIFE COME AND BE TO BE HERE.AND BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN MY ART MEANT THAT, YOU KNOW, 40 YEARS AGO, THEY SAW, UH, THE, THE ART THAT I WAS PRODUCING OF SAN ANTONIO AND, AND, AND EXPERIENCED THAT, THAT, UH, FEELING OF, OF, OF, OF TO, TO HAVE, TO HAVE THE ART AND BE PART OF IT AND, AND, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT, ABOUT ART IN THE PROCESS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP.
UH, AND, AND, AND, AND MOST, YOU KNOW, MY PAINTINGS ARE, ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
SO NOT JUST ANYBODY CAN AFFORD AFFORD THEM, BUT A LOT OF THEM BECOME MY FRIENDS IF THEY'RE NOT MY FRIENDS.
AND, AND, AND, AND, AND IT'S WONDERFUL.
SO I I I I, I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS, FOR REC RECOGNIZING ME, BECAUSE THAT, THAT MEANS SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY RIGHT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THIS NATIONAL EXHIBIT THAT THAT IS ALSO GOING TO MINNEAPOLIS AND THE MUSEUM THERE AND, AND WHO ELSE, UH, WHO ELSE KNOWS WHERE ELSE THAT EXHIBIT WILL GO.
BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT EXHIBIT OF OUR, OF, OF HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE ART OF THAT ERA.
SO, SO I, I, I'M SO PROUD TO BE, BE PART, PART, PART OF THAT, AND LET ME, THAT COME TO THIS BOOK, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M SO FORTUNATE THAT HOW MANY ARTISTS DO YOU KNOW, LIKE MYSELF, THAT IT HA HAVE A BOOK WR WRITTEN ABOUT THEM AND ABOUT THEIR ART? AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS VERY INTERESTED IN, IN, IN WRITING MY STORY.
IT'S BEEN TO ME A DEDICATED EIGHT, EIGHT YEARS, MAYBE 10 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, WRITING THIS BOOK, COMPOSING IT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT TO ME, WHO ELSE IS GOING TO DO THAT? I, I DIDN'T PAY HIM FOR, FOR, FOR THIS, FOR DOING THAT.
AND HE'S A, UH, ANTHONY HEAD IS HIS NAME, AND HE LIVES IN SAN MARCO.
AND, AND HE, HE, HE'S A WONDERFUL PERSON THAT HAD TO WRITE, WRITTEN MY STORY, AND, AND IT TOOK, I'M 72 YEARS OLD, IT TOOK THIS LONG IN ORDER TO WRITE THIS, MY STORY, CERTAINLY GONZALEZ IN THE PROSPER HILL AREA WHERE I BASICALLY GREW UP AND, YOU KNOW, UH, HAD ADVENTURES IN THE ALLEYS IN, AT THE ALMONT NORTH LAKE, AND EVENTUALLY ATTENDED OUR AREA OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO I'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCES IN SAN ANTONIO SINCE GROWING UP AS A LITTLE KID, ALMOST LIKE A SAY LIKE A MARK TWAIN OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL, UH, GROWING UP A BLOCK FROM HE CIS AND A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM DR.
ROMO AND, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GREAT PROS, PRO HILL AREA, AND I, I'M PART OF THAT.
SO IN THIS BOOK, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT SAN ANTONIO AND PEOPLE, YEAH, I, I, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I, I WAS GOING TO DEDICATE MY LIFE TO SAN ANTONIO AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, ALL THE HISTORY AND BE PART OF, OF, OF SAN ANTONIO SAID IT.
I, I NEVER, I, IT, IT, IT'S INCREDIBLE.
SO THE BOOK, YOU KNOW, YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT, ABOUT MY ART AND ME AND ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, AND I LOVE, AND I LOVE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT I, I'M EXPERIENCING THIS WONDERFUL THING FOR SOMEBODY WRITING A A BOOK ON MYSELF.
AND SO THAT, AND NOW YOU'LL RECOGNIZING ME.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING FOR ME TO, AND, AND THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I'VE SORT OF RECENTLY MET THAT THERE'S ALWAYS COMES A TIME FOR, I MEET CERTAIN CELEBRITIES OR CEOS AND MAYORS AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
THE PRINCE OF, YOU KNOW, OF WALES, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENTS AND POPES AND YOU NAME IT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO MEET ME AND I WANNA MEET THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEMED TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN MY STORY AND MY ART AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT I, THAT I'M ABOUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT, UH, HEALTH ISSUES THAT I'VE HAD, AND, AND IT SEEMS, SEEMS LIKE I'M, I'M AGAIN IN LOVE WITH LIFE AND WITH SAN ANTONIO AND STILL HAVE, I'M NOT FINISHED YET.
I WANT, THERE'S STILL SOME GREAT PIECES THAT
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I WANT TO LEAVE HERE FOR, FOR, FOR PART OF MY LEGACY.AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE I LOVE ART THAT, THAT WILL LAST AT AT LEAST A HUNDRED YEARS OR MAYBE MORE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF, UH, ART, VERY PERMANENT, YOU KNOW, THE KINDA CITY IN EUROPE AND STUFF LIKE MEXICO.
AND REALLY, SO, YOU KNOW, I I, I, I CAN GO ON AND ON BECAUSE I, I, I'M TELLING YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE, AND I LOOK BACK AT WHAT I'VE DONE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE, LIKE GEORGE EZ AND ROSEMARY
AND THEN ELAINE DAY IS, IS, IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE SHE, SHE OWNED A GA, A GALLERY, THE DIGON VALLEY GALLERY, YOU KNOW, 30 SOMETHING YEARS AGO.
UH, AND, AND, AND SHE COULD'VE REPRESENTED ME WAY BACK THEN, AND SHE'S HERE, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE VERY SPECIAL THAT, THAT ARE GATHERED HERE AND, AND HAVING YOU ALL AND, UH, REALLY MADE THE KIND OF A, A DREAM COME TRUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PUV, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AGAIN.
UM, YOU TALK ABOUT MEETING ALL THESE CELEBRITIES, BUT, BUT YOU ARE THE CELEBRITY.
AND, AND I, I'M ONE THAT BELIEVES THAT YOUR PAINTINGS AND, AND THE, AND YOUR ARTWORK WILL LAST A HUNDRED PLUS YEARS.
UH, ONE THING I'VE, I LOVED ABOUT CERTAIN ART, ART MEDIUMS AND JUST ART JUST IN GENERAL, IS THAT YOU CAN SAY SO MUCH IN, YOU KNOW, JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE OR, OR, OR TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, MOVIES.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE SAY A LOT WITH TWO HOURS, I LOVE POETRY.
SO YOU HAVE JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF WORDS.
YOU CAN SAY SO MUCH AND HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT.
AND PAINTINGS ARE THE SAME WAY.
UM, YOU'RE JUST, JUST THAT IMAGE THERE OF, YOU KNOW, DEPICTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND, AND FOR, FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO PUT ALL THAT DOWN INTO, INTO ONE LITTLE SPACE THERE, AND THEN BE RECOGNIZED FOR IT BY SO MANY, INCLUDING THE SMITHSONIAN, SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT YOU AND SO MUCH ABOUT YOUR WORK.
AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
UM, MR. TINO, REALLY, REALLY, UH, AN HONOR TO HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS, UH, WHEN WE ESTABLISHED THE DISTINCTION IN THE ARTS.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST RECIPIENTS OF IT.
AND I COULDN'T THINK OF, OF A BETTER EXAMPLE OF THE SPIRIT OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, YOU ARE, YOU, YOU EXEMPLIFY THAT, UH, FLORENCE HAD MICHELANGELO, SAN ANTONIO HAS JESSE TINO, AND, UH, AND I, AND I WAS REALLY, REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT, UM, IN GETTING TO KNOW YOU, I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU, YOU YOURSELF, ALSO APPRECIATE OTHER ARTISTS AND, AND YOU MENTOR THEM, AND YOU'VE, YOU, YOU REALLY WANT, UH, THIS CITY TO, TO THRIVE ON, ON THE, THE ABILITY TO HAVE ITS ARTISTS EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND THE ARTS BE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL ALWAYS CHAMPION ALONGSIDE WITH YOU.
AND, UH, JUST WANNA SAY HOW MUCH WE TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATE YOU HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M PROUD TO BE AT VINNO TOO.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU, UH, JESSE, I'M SO EXCITED THAT I GET TO BE HERE TO HONOR YOU AND YOUR WORK AND YOUR LEGACY.
UM, GROWING UP, MY PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GO TO MUSEUMS AND WE DIDN'T STUDY ART.
BUT I REMEMBER VERY DISTINCTLY BEING A LITTLE GIRL AND MY PARENTS TAKING ME TO THE UNVEILING OF THE, UM, THE RA UHHUH AT THE TEXAS LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, OR THE NOW TEXAS DIABETES HOSPITAL.
MAYBE THAT, MAYBE IT WAS WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE TRANSITION TO BECOME THE TEXAS DIABETES HOSPITAL, AND THEY DID AN UNVEILING OF YOUR, OF YOUR MURAL.
AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER REMEMBER SEEING A MURAL.
AND THEY TALKED ABOUT THE STORY, UM, ABOUT THE IMAGE OF YOUR MOTHER THAT WAS BEHIND THE COUNTER.
UM, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I EVER EXPERIENCED ART.
UH, AND I UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE FOR LATINOS.
UH, MAYBE YOU ALL, I'M NOT ARTICULATING IT VERY WELL, BUT I REMEMBER FEELING THAT IT WAS ART FOR, FOR US, AND HAVING THAT FEELING, UH, WHEN I SAW IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND I ALSO HAPPENED TO BE PRESENT WHEN THEY DID THE UNVEILING OF THE VERA
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AT THE GUADALUPE.UH, ALSO NOT SUCH A YOUNG GIRL, BUT, UH, OLDER THEN, AND UNDERSTANDING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MEANING OF IT ALL.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE I GOT ALL OF MY ART EDUCATION, THE LOVE OF, OF AN IMAGE, OR THE UNDERSTANDING OF LATINO ART, UH, FROM YOU.
AND I THINK THAT EVERYTHING ELSE, EVERYTHING I LEARNED IN COLLEGE, THEN I WENT AND I HAD THE, THE LUXURY OF GOING TO UNIVERSITY AND STUDYING ART HISTORY, AND THEN TRAVELING OVER THE WORLD, GOING TO MUSEUMS AND LEARNING ALL ABOUT ART.
BUT MY VERY FIRST EXPERIENCE WAS BECAUSE OF YOU.
AND I'LL REMEMBER THAT FOREVER.
AND I'M SURE THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN SAY THAT.
THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED ART, THE FIRST TIME THAT I SAW MYSELF IN ART WAS BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK.
AND I KNOW THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT WAY TOO.
AND THIS BOOK AND THE UNVEILING HERE IS A REFLECTION OF THE IMPRINT THAT YOU'VE HAD ON GENERATIONS, UM, FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE, FOR LATINOS, FOR, UM, CHILDREN LIKE ME.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE WITH JESSE TODAY AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PUBLICLY THANK HIM FOR CREATING AND FORMING, UM, ART AND THE APPRECIATION OF IT, UH, FOR PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION.
THAT, THAT'S A WONDERFUL STORY.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE I REMEMBER MYSELF AS A LITTLE BOY GROWING UP, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I WASN'T EXPOSED TO ART IN SCHOOL AND ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, SO, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THAT I INTRODUCED ART WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY.
I INTRODUCED ART TO MY, MY SCHOOL, TO MY CLASS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I BECAME THE ARTIST REPRESENTED THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
AND IT ALMOST ALICE THOUGHT, WOW, PEOPLE ARE SO NAIVE OR VERY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT ART DOESN'T SEEM TO BE IMPORTANT TO ANYONE.
HOW, WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE IT IMPORTANT TO THEM? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST THINKING ABOUT THEIR PAYCHECKS AND THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ART.
THEY DON'T, THEY LAUGH, YOU KNOW? OH, THEY'RE NOT LAUGHING ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW? I MEAN, ALL, ALL I'M SAYING IS, IS MY, MY IDEA WAS TO SORT OF TEACH 'EM, I WANT THEM TO LEARN ABOUT, ABOUT ART.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S 12 IN MY FAMILY, AND MY MOTHER WAS MY CHEERLEADER, AND, AND EVERYBODY ELSE KIND OF FOLLOWED, AND, AND THEY LEARNED, AND THEY WENT TO OPENINGS OF EXHIBITS, AND THEY WERE THERE.
SO THEIR LIFE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE PART OF ME.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY KNEW A LOT OF, A LOT, THEY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT ART, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY BECAME EXPERTS OF US, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.
SO THIS, THIS, AGAIN, THIS BOOK THAT SEEMS TO BE SO IMPORTANT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS CARED ABOUT IS, IS EDUCATION.
YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING, MAN, I WISH EVERY SCHOOL IN THE, IN, IN THE, ALL THE DISTRICTS AND SAN ANTONIO, THE SURROUNDING AREAS HAD THIS BOOK, BECAUSE IT IS, IT'S MY STORY.
AND I WANNA WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED AND GONE THROUGH IN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW? AND IF I COULD HELP JUST ONE PERSON, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WENT TO VIETNAM.
I'M A VIETNAM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M A VIETNAM VE DISABLED VETERAN, SUPPOSEDLY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND GO THROUGH ALL THOSE THINGS, AND VETERANS DO.
BUT YET, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MY FOCUS ON MY ART.
AND AGAIN, HERE IN THE, THE RELATIONSHIP, BUT I HEARD SO TOLD YOU, YOU KNOW, TO LIVE IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA, WHATEVER, I WANT TO MEXICO, BUT HERE, I, THIS IS WHERE I WANNA BE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE, BECAUSE I, THAT ALWAYS IMPORTANT.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME TO REP, TO BE, I WANNA BE THE BEST.
WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU KNOW? AND IN ORDER TO BE THE BEST, AND I STAY HERE AND MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN, IN WHAT I'M DOING, YOU KNOW? AND UNLESS, UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING ELSE,
I, I THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD I DO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST TO CREATE, CREATE A PIECE THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN LEAVE HERE FOR, TO REPRESENT, REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY, AND, YOU KNOW, MY COMMUNITY AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
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ABOUT LEARNING ALL THAT.I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MR. S WE HAVE TWO MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANNA SAY SOMETHING TO YOU.
COUNCILMAN ELA, MR. TINO? I'M NOT ORIGINALLY FROM SAN ANTONIO.
I'M, UH, I'M FROM SOMEWHERE FAR, FAR AWAY.
BUT, UH, MY, UH, THE ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS BRAG ABOUT WHEN I BRING PEOPLE TO SAN ANTONIO TO VISIT IS YOU.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, TO ME, IT'S VERY SPECIAL THAT I'M ACTUALLY SHARING THE SAME ROOM WITH YOU TODAY, UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE KIND OF ONE OF MY SUPERSTARS.
UH, YOU'RE AND YOU'RE A CELEBRITY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WHO GET VERY EXCITED WHEN THEY MEET ROCK STARS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, THE MAYOR GOT VERY EXCITED WHEN HE GOT TO MEET ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER AND ALL THAT.
BUT, UH, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE MY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MY ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER.
I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON MY LIST OF FOLKS I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MEET.
AND FROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOUR PAINTING, UM, ME, VIVA, AND WE ALL HAVE IT HERE IN FRONT OF US.
I, IT WAS, WAS YOUR FIRST, IT WAS THE FIRST PIECE OF ART I'D EVER SEEN OF YOURS.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT GREEN FASTBACK MUSTANG ON THE LEFT, OH YEAH.
'CAUSE I LOVE, I LOVE THAT CAR.
UM, YOU SAID THAT YOU WANNA MAKE YOUR ART LAST A HUNDRED YEARS.
I GOTTA WARN YOU, UM, I THINK THAT YOU OUGHT TO BE MAKING YOUR ART FOR 200 YEARS, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG ROSEMARY KOWALSKI IS GONNA LAST HERE WITH US
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE KIDS BEHIND YOU FROM, FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL WHO ARE SITTING OVER THERE, UM, I REALLY WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW, UM, THAT YOU GUYS ARE RIGHT NOW, UH, KIND OF IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS, RIGHT? ONE DAY HISTORY BOOKS IN TEXAS ARE GONNA BE WRITTEN, AND THERE'S GONNA BE A CHAPTER ABOUT JESSE TREVINO AND THE, UH, THUMBPRINT HE LEFT ON, UH, ON ART HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO GET AN AUTOGRAPH, UH, BECAUSE, UM, IT REALLY IS KIND OF A VERY, VERY SPECIAL TREAT.
I MEAN, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ME BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FAMOUS ARTISTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ABOUT IN YOUR ART HISTORY CLASSES, THE MONETS AND THE DEGAS AND THE BANKSIES, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE JACKSON POLLOCKS, JESSE TREVINO'S WITH US TODAY, GUYS.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO BORROW A SHARPIE, YOU CAN COME UP AND GET ONE.
IT'LL, WHAT, WHAT THAT STORY JUST REMINDS ME.
REC RECENTLY, LA LATA DID AN ARTICLE, AND, AND DR.
ROMO, RICARDO ROMO, EXPRESSOR OF U T S A, WROTE, WROTE A STORY ON PROFESSOR CHA.
AND, AND, AND I DID AN ART PIECE FOR, FOR UT SS A THOMAS.
AND HE, UH, HE PUT THAT ON THE COVER, BUT HE, HE, HE, HE, HE, HE GAVE A, A LITTLE JUSTICE
AND IN THAT, AND THAT STORY, HE, HE SAID, MY, MY, MY FRIENDS, THEY, THEY COME FROM ALL, FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OR WHATEVER, AND THEY SAY THEY COME HERE FOR THREE DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE ALAMO, THE RIVER WALK, AND SPIRIT OF HEALING THAT, THAT COME TO SEE IT PERSONALLY.
'CAUSE THEY'VE HEARD SO MANY THINGS OF THAT'S THE, THAT'S NUMBER THREE ON THE LIST.
YOU KNOW, I NEVER, I NEVER SAW IT THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO BE NUMBER ONE, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WELL, YOU SEE, YOU'RE LAUGHING AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE CITY DID A A ONE PAGE ARTICLE, UH, A, A THING ON, ON JESSE
I, I NEVER, I WAS, I WAS, I WAS SEEING MYSELF AS, AS, AS A REAL, UH, ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND SEE MY ART.
I, I, I STILL DON'T, DON'T BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M NOT SUPERSTAR OR WHATEVER.
I, AND I, I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN THE BODY OR BEING THE PART OF THE BODY, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I ONLY I KNOW HOW TO BE, YOU KNOW? SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORY.
AND JESSE, YOU GOT, YOU HAVE ONE, ONE MORE, AND THE, THEN MAYOR'S GONNA TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.
UH, YOU CERTAINLY ARE A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL ARTIST IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR VISION AND YOUR TALENT AND YOUR SENSE OF CULTURE, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG.
UH, YOUR WORK REALLY BEAUTIFIES SAN
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ANTONIO IN A LOT OF WAYS, IN A LOT OF PLACES.SO I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY, UH, VIVA SUVA, THANK YOU.
UM, THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR SERVICE.
UM, ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER IS NO JESSE TREVINO
UM, BUT THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING AND YOU'VE PUT OUR CITY ON A MAP, AND, AND YOUR HEART IS, UH, UH, BIGGER THAN WE CAN KEEP IN THIS CHAMBER.
UH, THIS IS FOR YOU AND, UH, MAY IT ALWAYS LAST.
COME AND GET IN FOR PHOTOGRAPH HERE.
I HAVE A WIDE ANGLE LENS RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN FIT EVERYBODY THAT CAN FIT IN THIS ROOM.
BIG WEDDING PICTURES LIKE THIS STAND.
I ACTUALLY PICK IT UP TOMORROW.
WOULD MIND TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOU AND, UH, ROSA.
IS THAT OKAY? YOU A QUICK, HUH? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
NICE TO SEE YOU PUT RIGHT HERE, DON.
NOW EVERYBODY WANTS HIS AUTOGRAPH.
JESSE, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH ME.
THAT TELL ME, WHAT YEAR WAS THAT MUSTANG? 68.
COME OUTTA HOSPITAL, ROSEMARY.
MAKE SURE WE GOT, OH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST PART I EVER HAD.
JUSTIN, JUST LOOK AT THE CAMERA FOR, YEAH.
THAT PICTURE, I CAN PROVE THAT I KNOW.
ALRIGHT, OUR THIRD AND FINAL CEREMONIAL FOR THIS EVENING.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING SO PATIENT IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE 100 DEADLIEST DAYS OF SUMMER.
P T SS A SMART DRIVING CLUB WILL PRO PROMOTE TEEN DRIVING SAFETY AND CREATE AWARENESS ON REDUCING DISTRACTED DRIVING BY OBSERVING THE 100 DEADLIEST DAYS OF SUMMER.
THE CAMPAIGN RUNS FROM MEMORIAL DAY THROUGH LABOR DAY, THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN TEEN DRIVERS ARE OUTTA SCHOOL AND ON THE ROAD.
THE DRIVING CLUB IS AN ADVOCATE FOR RESPONSIBLE TEAM DRIVING AND EDUCATING DRIVERS ABOUT THE HANDS-FREE ORDINANCE.
SO COMING FORWARD ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL SMART DRIVING CLUB, AND I'LL READ THAT PROCLAMATION NOW.
WHEREAS THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL P T S A SMART DRIVING CLUB WILL OBSERVE THE 100TH DEADLIEST DAYS OF SUMMER TO PROMOTE TEEN SAFE DRIVING AND CREATE AWARENESS TO REDUCE DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING.
AND WHEREAS THE 100 DAYS ARE THOSE BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY, WHEN TEEN DRIVERS ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF SCHOOL AND ON THE ROAD.
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WHEREAS THE TEEN DRIVER FATALITY CRASH RATE IS ESTIMATED AT 43% WITH 60% OF TEEN CRASHES OVERALL CAUSED BY DISTRACTED DRIVING.AND WHEREAS BEFORE SUMMER BEGINS, PARENTS SHOULD GO OVER THE BASICS WITH THEIR TEENS, SUCH AS LIMITED PASSENGERS IN, IN THE VEHICLE, OR TO USE THE HANDS-FREE DEVICE ONLY WHEN DRIVING, OR TO USE A HANDS-FREE DEVICE ONLY WHEN DRIVING.
AND WHEREAS SUMMER SHOULD BE A TIME OF MEMORY MAKING AND FUN, AND BY REINFORCING THE KEYS TO SAFE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WILL HELP YOUR TEAM KEEP IT THAT WAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I RON EHRENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND RECOGNITION THEREOF DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 27 TO SEPTEMBER 21ST, EXCUSE ME, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2019 TO BE THE 100 DEADLIEST DAYS OF SUMMER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND CITY COUNCIL FOR INCLUDING THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, P T S A SMART DRIVING CLUB IN THIS PROCLAMATION CEREMONY.
MY NAME IS ELLA EASLEY AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE SMART DRIVING CLUB.
WE APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SHARE OUR SAFE DRIVING MESSAGE WITH EVERYONE HERE TODAY.
AND WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, MORE THAN 1050 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CRASHES INVOLVING A TEEN DRIVER IN 2016.
DURING THE U 100 DEADLIEST DAYS, THE PERIOD BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY, THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF 10 PEOPLE PER DAY.
THE SCHOOL YEAR IS ALMOST OVER, AND SUMMER IS AROUND THE CORNER.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING AND EDUCATING AND EXPERIENCED TEEN DRIVERS FOR SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS DRIVING DAYS OF THE YEAR.
WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL DRIVERS OF THE DANGER OF DRIVING IMPAIRED OR DISTRACTED.
YOU ARE 23 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH IF YOU ARE DISTRACTED.
MY PARTICIPATION IN THE J H SS P T S A SMART DRIVING CLUB HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT HAS GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MY CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND CITY.
AS A YOUNG DRIVER, I DESERVE TO BE SAFE ON THE ROADS.
I UNDERSTAND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT A SAFE DRIVING MESSAGE.
WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO BREAK THE CULTURE OF IMPAIRED AND DISTRACTED DRIVING.
WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE ON OUR ROADS.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR SUPPORTING, FOR SUPPORTING EACH OTHER'S EFFORTS AND OUR MESSAGE.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AND NOT ON YOUR PHONE.
THANK YOU MAYOR NUREMBERG AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.
I ESTABLISHED THIS CLUB ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AGO WITH THE SUPPORT AND BACKING OF OUR P T S A AND PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS.
WE HAVE WORKED EVERY DAY SINCE WITH EVERY GROUP WE COULD FROM SAN ANTONIO TO AUSTIN TO REMIND DRIVERS TO MAKE SAFE CHOICES BEHIND THE WHEEL AND TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE ROAD AND NOT ON THEIR PHONES.
WE STOOD IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL IN 2013 TO PUSH FOR THE NO CELL PHONE USAGE ORDINANCE, WHICH PASSED IN FEBRUARY, 2014.
OUR CLUB STUDENTS CONSTANTLY WORKED TO DEVELOP WAYS TO PUSH THIS ORDINANCE OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CITY.
I'M ALWAYS SO PROUD OF MY GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO RISE TO THE TOP AND GIVE THEIR TIME, ENERGY, AND HEARTS TO HELP US ALL BE SAFE ON THE ROADS THESE STUDENTS DRIVE THIS CLUB AND OUR P T S A AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THE MISSION EVERY YEAR.
THANK YOU TO MARIN, NUREMBERG, CITY COUNCIL JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL, P T SS A JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, KOMAN LANDER, AND THE STUDENTS OF THE SMART DRIVING CLUB.
AND PLEASE NEVER DRIVE DISTRACTED AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL AND TO ELLA AND AND YOUR TEAM FOR, FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I THINK IT'S, UH, I DO A LOT OF INTERVIEWS EVERY YEAR FOR THE COLLEGE THAT I WENT TO.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO, TO HEAR THE MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN.
UH, PARTICULARLY THINGS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
UM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS MORE INTERESTING TO WHEN, WHEN A GROUP OF STUDENTS OR A STUDENT FINDS A PROBLEM PARTICULARLY THAT IMPACTS, YOU KNOW, THEIR COHORT OF, OF, OF INDIVIDUALS AND WORKS TO SOLVE THOSE, THOSE PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND I, UH, IT'S, IT, SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT WERE READ, THE 43% OF TEENS, THE 60% CAUSED, UH, CAUSED BY DISTRACTED DRIVERS.
THE 23 TIMES THAT YOU MENTIONED ELLA.
UH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE BIG NUMBERS.
AND FOR YOU ALL AS STUDENTS, UH, TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TO HELP PROTECT OTHER STUDENTS, I THINK IS IS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
WE HAVE A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANNA SAY A FEW THINGS.
COUNCILMAN SYA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE REALLY RAISED YOUR VOICE AND, UH, ARE SPENDING A LITTLE TIME WITH US HERE AT THE CHAMBER.
SO, UH, I, I TIP MY HAT TO YOU, BUT I I WANT TO PARTICULARLY POINT OUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR OR, OR I, I PLEASE, I DIDN'T, YOU DIDN'T INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND I, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME, BUT I'M A PARENT SPONSOR AND MY NAME'S MELINDA COX AND I'M THE PARENT SPONSOR, WELL, MELINDA, SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2013, AND I KNOW I HAD SEEN YOU HERE BEFORE.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A MODEL OF CONSISTENCY AND SUCH A GREAT, I'M SURE, MENTOR FOR THESE STUDENTS.
AND I THINK YOU EVEN HAD A SEPARATE COHORT OF YOUNG STUDENTS WHO WERE ADVOCATING EVEN BACK THEN YES.
IN 2013 THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US.
SO, UH, YOU HAVE A REAL LEADER AMONGST YOU, CREATING LEADERS BELOW.
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GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU BACK IN THE CHAMBERS, STUDENTS, THANK YOU FOR BEING ADVOCATES AND VOICES.UH, THE, THE, THE OPPOSITE OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS SORT OF THIS INDIFFERENCE TO BIG ISSUES THAT ARE SURROUNDING YOU, THAT YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE AN IMPACT ON OR YOU CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, TOWARD.
UH, BUT YOU'RE HERE AND YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
YOU'RE HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD, AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO STRING THAT THROUGH, UH, THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO, UH, YOUR FEARLESS LEADER WHO IS WELL KNOWN NOW AROUND HERE AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
THANKS, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE.
BOY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE SOME JAGUARS IN THE HOUSE.
WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS AND STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US REALLY.
I, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD MESSAGE TO REMEMBER TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AND NOT ON YOUR PHONE.
UH, I THINK ALL OF US TEND TO GET DISTRACTED BY MANY THINGS VERY EASILY.
IT SHOULDN'T BE, UH, A CELL PHONE WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE ROAD.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE GOT, UH, A REALLY STRONG CLUB.
UH, I KNOW ELLA EASLEY AND, UH, THE CO-PRESIDENT, UH, JUSTIN GILBERT WORKED TOGETHER TO KIND OF PROVIDE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR Y'ALL TO BE INVOLVED.
AND I THINK THAT'S REAL COMMENDABLE.
I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE HERE AS WELL.
I KNOW YOUR DEDICATION, YOU MEET EVERY MONTH DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WORKING ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND, AND IT'S REALLY COMMENDABLE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
AND I CERTAINLY WILL SPREAD IT OUT.
WE'LL SPREAD IT TO EVERYBODY IN DISTRICT NINE.
UH, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TODAY AND LET'S ALL STAY SAFE OF THOSE 100 DAYS.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU ALSO, UH, TO THE CONSTANT, UH, EFFORT AND ADVOCACY FOR THIS.
UM, THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS RELUCTANT, IF NOT SILENT, ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE YOU ALL RAISED YOUR VOICES.
SO MY ASK FOR YOU IS TO NOT STOP.
UM, YOU ARE GOING TO, UH, GROW UP, GET CAREERS, HAVE OTHER INTERESTS, UH, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'VE TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF YOUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY SHOULDN'T BE LOST ON YOU.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR A BETTER CITY, A BETTER COMMUNITY, A BETTER COUNTRY.
AND THAT'S A LESSON THAT WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.